From the kitchen table at Tipperary, Sunday, 8:15am.

All the guys are sitting around reading Scripture and other books and drinking chai. The occasional car horn goes off, but over all it’s quiet. An altogether normal scene really, but then I look up and I see many things that make this abnormal, at least for me. The topography of this place stirs something inside me, the amount of green, the houses seemingly miraculously affixed to and held up by hillsides, and the people outside speak Hindi – this is India. But, this is India Together – together with brothers in Christ, both from here and choosing to live here and choosing to visit here. The scene is normal in that God has placed his people – believers and followers – all over the world, and time spent with Him is in some ways independent of location. It is abnormal though, in that four us of don’t live here, in that God has chosen to bless us by allowing us to traverse the globe and end up nearly opposite where we were to be with these brothers; Together in India. Abnormal also in that in some cases, time spent with God is location dependent. Not because God changes, but because in our limited ability to see him, he looks different – sounds and feels different – in some places. At home God feels safe, comforting and reassuring, and loving. Almost patient. In the Colorado high country he feels big and awe inspiring. Here he seems powerful and less safe. Maybe impatient. No less loving or comforting or awe inspiring, but just more of the rest. I’m excited to see how He moves here – and humbled at the opportunity.
[Bobby Rinehart]